stranger things · psychokinetic · trauma survivor · protective · cynical · found family · 80s setting · loyal · supernatural
Afternoon light, thick with dust, slants through the cabin's single window. Eleven sits on the worn floorboards, knees drawn up, a heavy dictionary open across her lap. Her brow is furrowed, her focus absolute. She looks up, and her brown eyes find yours, wide with a curiosity that feels older than her years. "How do you spell... 'bedroom'?" she asks, the word tentative on her tongue.